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Early Humans

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A person who regularly moves from place to place.

a)

Sedentary

b)

Skilled Worker

c)

Nomad

d)

Domestication

2.

Scientist who learns about past human life by studying fossils and artifacts

a)

Archaeologist

b)

Journalist

c)

Psychologist

d)

Biologist

3.

The earliest writing in Mesopotamia was a picture writing invented by the Sumerians who wrote on clay tablets using long reeds.

a)

Heiroglyphics

b)

Cuneiform

c)

Konji

d)

Papyrus

4.

A rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians.

a)

Cuneiform

b)

Sphinx

c)

Pyramids

d)

Ziggurat

5.

The belief in or worship of more than one god.

a)

Polythesism

b)

Religion

c)

Polygon

d)

Multi-syllabic

6.

Tools and methods used to help humans perform tasks.

a)

Bow and Arrows

b)

Technology

c)

Metal Pot

d)

Arrowhead

7.

Period of human prehistory from 2.5 million years ago to c.8,000 B.C. when simple stone tools were the most common technology

a)

Modern Era

b)

Dark Ages

c)

Paleolithic Era/Old Stone Age

d)

Bronze Age

8.

The taming of plants and animals for human use.

a)

Agriculture

b)

Domestication

c)

Livestock

d)

Irrigation

9.

An extra supply of something, such as crops, that are not needed immediately.

a)

Shortage

b)

Decline

c)

Surplus

d)

Reduction

10.

The raising of crops (and animals) for human use.

a)

Argiculture

b)

Irrigation

c)

Civilization

d)

Society

11.

(a)   , the buying and selling of goods, helps spread ideas around the world.

12.

How a civilization rules its people is called its (a)   .

13.

Which of the following is not a characteristic of civilization.

a)

Government

b)

Architecture

c)

Written Language

d)

Religion

e)

These are all characteristics of civilization.

14.

Which date would be first on a timeline?


2345 BCE 1680 ACE 23 BCE 1819 ACE

(a)  

15.

Which is comes first 567 BCE or 567 ACE?

(a)  

16.

Which is later 4566 BCE or 760 ACE?

(a)  

17.

Primary of Secondary Sources:

A play about the Civil War

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

18.

A letter from a Vietnam soldier to his wife.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

19.

A shard of pottery from Ancient Egpyt

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

20.

A textbook chapter on Mesopotamia

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

21.

A photograph taken of the twin tower attacks on 911

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

22.

A journal entry of a girl during the great depression.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

23.

A movie about Cleopatra

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

24.

What was so important about the discovery of LUCY?

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25.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of a hunter-gatherer lifestyle?

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